Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
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Bible References
I looked
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun. Behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Genesis 1:31
God saw all that he had made. It was very good. There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.
Exodus 39:43
Moses inspected all the work. He saw that they had followed Jehovah's instructions. So Moses blessed them.
1 John 2:16
The entire world, the desire of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of material wealth, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
Behold
Ecclesiastes 2:17
I hated life. Everything under the sun was evil to me. All is vanity and grasping for the wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:3
What profit does a man have of all his labor that he works under the sun?
Habakkuk 2:13
Is it for Jehovah of Hosts that the peoples labor for the fire? Do the nations weary themselves for vanity?
1 Timothy 6:6
Godliness with contentment is great gain.
General references
Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter the heart has pain; and joy may end in grief.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit is there to the worker in his work?